Kölle

See also: kolle and kollë

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • Källe (Moselle Franconian, though Standard German Köln may now be used)

Etymology

From Middle High German Cöllen, from Latin Colonia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkœlə/

Proper noun

Kölle n

  1. (Ripuarian) Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Limburgish

Etymology

From earlier Cöllen, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkœ.lə/
  • Rhymes: -œlə

Proper noun

Kölle n (Eupen)

  1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms
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